MACOM Technology Solutions Holdings, Inc. [LOWELL, MA] (NASDAQ: MTSI) announced that Robert McMullan, Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer (CFO), has submitted his resignation. The company also announced Conor Hegarty, Vice President of Financial Planning and Analysis has been appointed to the role of principal financial officer and principal accounting officer. Mr. Hegarty has been with MACOM for 22 years and has served as Vice President, Financial Planning and Analysis of MACOM, since August 2016. Previously, he served as Senior International Finance Director from March 2011 to August 2016.

Blueknight Energy Partners, L.P. [OKLAHOMA CITY, OK] (NASDAQ: BKEP, NASDAQ: BKEPP) named Andrew Woodward as the new Chief Financial Officer. Woodward will begin his new role on April 29. Prior to joining Blueknight Energy Partners, Woodward served as Vice President, Finance and Treasurer of Andeavor Logistics. Before his appointment, Woodward led investor relations for ANDX and started his career with Andeavor, now Marathon Petroleum. Woodward also served as Vice President at RBC Capital Markets within its energy investment banking group.

Santosh Shanbhag

Akili Interactive [IRVING, TX] announced the addition of Santosh Shanbhag as Chief Financial Officer. Prior to joining Akili, Shanbhag held senior finance leadership roles at Vertex Pharmaceuticals, most recently as Vice President and Head of International Finance and Accounting. Prior to Vertex, Shanbhag served in positions of increasing responsibility at Capgemini Consulting and Texas Instruments.

GoGuardian [EL SEGUNDO, CA] announced that Mike Jonas has joined its executive team as Chief Financial Officer (CFO). Jonas most recently served as the CFO of ThriftBooks. Prior to that position, Mr. Jonas was at Microsoft for 14 years where he held various senior financial and operational roles across the company in corporate finance and Microsoft Office and Bing business units.

Majesco [MORRISTOWN, NJ] (NASDAQ: MJCO) announced the appointment of Wayne Locke as Chief Financial Officer (CFO). Wayne joins the company from Capgemini, where he was responsible for financial and operational consulting services for insurance organizations. Prior to that he was the President of WEL Consulting LLC firm. Over the course of his career, he worked with companies including AIG, Deloitte Consulting, GE Capital, BNY and Swiss Re.

Cognex Corp. [NATICK, MA] (NASDAQ: CGNX) said its senior vice president of finance and administration and chief financial officer, John Curran, will resign, effective May 3.

Scott Clifford

Graybar [CLAYTON, MO] announced the appointment of Randall R. Harwood to Senior Vice President and Chief Strategy Officer and Scott S. Clifford to Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer, effective June 1, 2019. Harwood currently serves as Graybar’s Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer, a position he has held since 2013. Harwood has more than 40 years with Graybar and has a strong track record of leadership in both field and corporate executive roles. Clifford currently serves as Senior Vice President – Supply Chain Management, a position he has held since 2015. In his 25 years with Graybar, Clifford has successfully held senior leadership roles in finance, IT, strategy and supply chain management. As he moves into his new position as Chief Financial Officer, he will continue to lead Graybar’s IT and supply chain organizations. Both Harwood and Clifford also serve on Graybar’s board of directors.

Allbridge [RALEIGH, NC] announced that Mike Schaffer has joined as Chief Financial Officer (CFO). Most recently, Schaffer was the CFO for SICOM Systems, Inc. Prior to SICOM, Schaffer held multiple executive level positions including CFO for Scala; CFO and Founder of Annexus Mobile Solutions; and Sr. Vice President for GE Capital.

Palladin Consumer Retail Partners [BOSTON, MA] announced the recent hire of a new Chief Financial Officer & Chief Compliance Officer, Mary Courtney-O’Sullivan. John Lawrence has transitioned from CFO & CCO to Finance Partner. Most recently, Mary was Vice President of Finance and Assistant Treasurer at Advent International. Prior to Advent, Mary worked at The Bank of New York Mellon and PriceWaterhouseCoopers.

Global Knowledge [CARY, NC] appointed William Garrett as executive vice president and chief financial officer. Garrett joins Global Knowledge from his most recent position as CFO with Hybrid Enterprises.

Canterbury Park Holding Corporation [SHAKOPEE, MN] (NASDAQ: CPHC) announced that Robert M. Wolf has resigned as the Company’s Chief Financial Officer and Senior Vice President of Finance, effective April 19, 2019, to accept a position at NXC Imaging. Canterbury Park Chief Executive Officer and President Randy Sampson will serve as Interim CFO until a successor is found.

Silver Bullet Water Treatment [DENVER, CO], LLC announced that it has chosen Bradley “Brad” Walsh as the organization’s chief executive officer and board member. Brad previously served as Silver Bullet’s chief operating officer and chief financial officer. Brad joined Silver Bullet Water Treatment in January 2016. He started his career in 1993 and has worked for multiple Fortune 500 companies.

Alico, Inc. [FORT MYERS, FL] (NASDAQ: ALCO) Effective July 1, 2019, John E. Kiernan, who has served as Alico’s Chief Financial Officer for the last four years, will become Chief Executive Officer. Richard Rallo, who has served as Alico’s Chief Accounting Officer for the last two years, will succeed Mr. Kiernan as Chief Financial Officer. Before joining Alico, Mr. Kiernan was the CFO of Greenwich Associates, and held senior roles with Global Crossing, Misys plc, IBM and Bear Stearns. Mr. Rallo was previously employed as COO and CFO at American Medical Alert Corp., CFO at Tradewell, Inc., and Controller at Connoisseur Communications Partners LP.

Hallmark Financial Services, Inc. [FORT WORTH, TX] (NASDAQ: HALL) announced the appointment of Jeffrey Passmore as Chief Financial Officer. Passmore was promoted from his most recent position as Chief Accounting Officer for Hallmark Financial. He joined the company in 2002 and brings over 25 years of experience in finance and accounting leadership in the insurance industry.

PinnacleART [PASADENA, TX] announced the appointment of Andrew Susman as Chief Financial Officer (CFO). Prior to joining PinnacleART, Susman served as Vice President Upstream Financial Planning & Analysis at BP Upstream. Susman has over 18 years of experience in the energy sector and has held a variety of finance roles, including Deepwater Area Planning & Commercial Manager; Director, Portfolio Upstream; and E&P Portfolio Advisor.

Robert Julian

Sportsman’s Warehouse Holdings, Inc. [MIDVALE, UT] (NASDAQ: SPWH) announced the appointment of Robert K. Julian as Chief Financial Officer (“CFO”), effective April 24, 2019. Kevan Talbot will continue to serve as Chief Financial Officer until the effective date of Mr. Julian’s appointment and will then assist in the transition of responsibilities to Mr. Julian until a date to be determined between Mr. Talbot and the Company. Julian most recently served as Executive Vice President, Chief Financial Officer and Treasurer for Deluxe Entertainment Services Group from July 2017 to June 2018. Prior to that, Mr. Julian served as Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer for Callaway Golf Company from May 2015 to April 2017, and as Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer for Lydall Inc. from October 2012 to May 2015. Previously in his career, Julian held senior financial roles at Rockwell International, Honeywell, Cisco Systems, and Fisher Scientific.

Unifi Software [SAN MATEO, CA] announced that Intekhab Nazeer has joined as Chief Financial Officer. Prior to joining Unifi, Nazeer was the COO and CFO at Tribal Planet. Nazeer started his career with HCL group. He served as global finance head for Solix Group before holding leadership positions at Platfora (acquired by Workday), Greenplum (acquired by EMC), Appcelerator (acquired by Axway) and Pelikan Technologies.

CPS Technologies Corporation [NORTON, MA] (NASDAQ: CPSH) announced that Charles K. Griffith Jr.will be joining CPS as Chief Financial Officer upon the retirement of Ralph Norwood. Griffith’s appointment as CFO will be effective May 6, 2019. Griffith was most recently the CFO of SPRI Clinical Trials Global, LLC. Prior to joining SPRI, Mr. Griffith was the Vice President-Finance at Vertex Distribution (previously known as Pawtucket Fasteners and Bell Fasteners). He was at Vertex for 27 years.

Mike Morgan

C&A Industries Inc. [OMAHA, NE] announced the hiring of Mike Morgan as Chief Financial Officer. Prior to joining C&A, he served as Sr. Vice President of Finance with West Corporation; Chief Financial Officer with Streck; Chief Financial Officer with DRM, Inc.; and as Vice President of Finance with First Data. Morgan began his finance career with accounting firm Seim Johnson.

BackOffice Associates [SOUTH HARWICH, MA] announced that it has named Melanie Payne as its new Chief Financial Officer. In Payne’s most recent role, she served as Vice President of Strategy and Operations at Dell. Prior to this role, Payne served as Chief Audit Executive and as Senior Director of Global Services Operations and Strategy at EMC Corporation.

Justin Kvasnicka

Aceable [AUSTIN, TX] announced the hiring of Justin Kvasnicka as Chief Financial Officer. Prior to joining Aceable, Kvasnicka spent over five years at RetailMeNot, Inc. where he served as Vice President, Corporate & Business Development, as well as the CFO of the company’s Gift Card segment. He also worked at Capital Southwest Corporation, and at J.P. Morgan, where he was an Investment Banking Analyst.

Plus Products Inc. [SAN MATEO, CA] (“PLUS” or the “Company”) (CSE: PLUS) (OTCQB: PLPRF) announced that Jon Paul has been appointed as PLUS’ Chief Financial Officer. The Company also announces that Craig Heimark has resigned as the Chief Financial Officer and has been appointed as the Chief Strategy Officer, and will remain as Chairman, Secretary and a Director.

Ventura Foods [BREA, CA] announced that Erika Noonburg-Morgan joined the company as Chief Financial Officer on March 11. She joins Ventura Foods from Coca-Cola Beverages Florida. Noonburg-Morgan was a senior member of the leadership team responsible for starting the business and driving the organization’s financial, commercial and operations strategy.

Anritsu Corporation [MORGAN HILL, CA] announced that it has named Donn Mulder President and Chief Financial Officer of Anritsu Company, the United States subsidiary of Anritsu Corporation. Mulder succeeds Toru Wakinaga who held this position, as well as responsibility for the overall sales operations in the Anritsu Americas Sales Region, since September 2017. Mulder joined Anritsu as Product Marketing Manager in 1992, and has served as a Senior Vice President and General Manager of Anritsu Company since 2005.

The Hennessey Group [MIDLAND, TX] appointed Kayce Hyatt to the position of chief financial officer. Kayce joined The Hennessey Group in 2016 as the business manager. In 2017, Kayce became the vice president of operations until her recent promotion to chief financial officer.

Drexel Hamilton [NEW YORK, NY] announced Fred Schwark will be the new Chief Financial Officer. Most recently Fred served as the CFO at CRH Americas Materials.

Grow Capital [HENDERSON, NV] (OTCPK: GRWC) appointed Trevor Hall to serve as Chief Financial Officer (“CFO”) of the Company effective now through December 31, 2019. Hall succeeds Wayne Zallen, the Company’s current CFO, who welcomes Hall into the position and who will remain with the Company as Chairman of the Company’s Board of Directors. Hall has served as the Managing Partner of Hall & Associates since 2007.

ClickBank [BOISE, ID], announced Ryan Vestal as Chief Financial Officer. Vestal has nearly two decades of experience beginning with KPMG and moving into ascending roles with leading Boise-based companies including KTVB News Group, Bodybuilding.com and most recently as the CFO of Vacasa.

Owens-Illinois [PERRYSBURG, OH] (NYSE: OI) announced that John Haudrich has been appointed Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer, as Jan Bertsch has elected to step down and retire after serving as CFO since November 2015. Most recently, Haudrich served as Senior Vice President and Chief Strategy and Integration Officer at O-I.

Netflix Inc. [LOS GATOS, Calif.] (NASDAQ: NFLX) announced that Spencer Neumann is joining the company as Chief Financial Officer. Neumann is an accomplished media and financial executive who was most recently CFO of Activision Blizzard and previously held several senior positions at the The Walt Disney Company. He succeeds David Wells who served as CFO since 2010. Neumann served as Activision Blizzard’s CFO from May 2017. Prior to that, Mr. Neumann held a number of positions of increasing responsibility at The Walt Disney Company, most recently serving as the CFO and executive vice president of Global Guest Experience of Walt Disney Parks and Resorts, from 2012 until May 2017. From 2005 to 2012, Mr. Neumann worked at the private equity firms of Providence Equity Partners and Summit Partners. Prior to that, Mr. Neumann held several other roles with Disney, which he initially joined in 1992, including executive vice president of the ABC Television Network from 2001 to 2004 and CFO of the Walt Disney Internet Group from 1999 to 2001.

Activision Blizzard, Inc. [SANTA MONICA, Calif.] (NASDAQ: ATVI) announced that Dennis Durkin has been named Chief Financial Officer, reprising the role he held from March 2012 to May 2017. Most recently, Mr. Durkin had been serving as Chief Corporate Officer for the Company. Mr. Durkin replaces Spencer Neumann who was terminated for cause for violating his legal obligations to the Company. Prior to joining the company, Mr. Durkin held a number of positions of increasing responsibility at Microsoft Corporation during an over twelve-year period.

Square, Inc. [MALVERN, Pa.] (NYSE: SQ) announced that Amrita Ahuja will join the company as Chief Financial Officer. Amrita is currently the CFO of Blizzard Entertainment and a division of Activision Blizzard. Amrita has been with Activision Blizzard for over eight years in a number of finance and strategy roles across the company, including SVP of Investor Relations, VP of Finance and Operations, and VP of Strategy and Business Development. Prior to Activision Blizzard, she held various roles at Fox Networks Group, the Walt Disney Company, and Morgan Stanley.

Chadi Chahine

CIRCOR International, Inc. [BURLINGTON, Mass.] (NYSE: CIR) announced the appointment of Chadi Chahine as Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer. He joins CIRCOR from global medical technology company Smith & Nephew, where he was CFO of its U.S. business. Chahine joined Smith & Nephew as CFO, International Markets, in 2012. He was promoted to CFO of Smith & Nephew’s U.S. operations in February 2017. Mr. Chahine began his career in public accounting and spent 13 years at Abbott Laboratories in positions of increasing responsibility within finance and general management. In August 2018, CIRCOR announced the planned departure of CFO Rajeev Bhalla, who agreed to remain in the role until a successor was named.

Red Robin Gourmet Burgers, Inc. [GREENWOOD VILLAGE, Colo.] (NASDAQ: RRGB) announced the appointment of Lynn Schweinfurth as executive vice president and chief financial officer, effective January 28, 2019. Guy Constant, Red Robin’s current executive vice president and chief financial officer, will move to lead Company and Franchise operations, development and facilities as executive vice president and chief operating officer. Prior to joining the Company, Ms. Schweinfurth served as senior vice president, chief financial officer and treasurer of Fiesta Restaurant Group, Inc. where she has been since 2012. Prior to her time at Fiesta Restaurant Group, Inc., Ms. Schweinfurth held various senior finance leadership positions at global restaurant companies including Brinker International, Inc., Yum Brands, Inc. and PepsiCo, Inc.

Infogroup [OMAHA, Neb.] announced that Andy Goldstein has been named chief financial officer. Most recently he served as chief financial officer at Purch. Goldstein has also held the position of CFO for the NJ Devils, the Prudential Center Arena and Philadelphia 76ers as well as at InterMedia Outdoors Holdings, Inc., and Primedia Inc. Prior experience includes strategic finance positions at sesamestreet.com and The Times Mirror Company.

Unum Therapeutics Inc. [CAMBRIDGE, Mass.] (NASDAQ: UMRX) announced that Christiana Stamoulis, President and Chief Financial Officer, will be stepping down from the Company, effective January 31, 2019, to pursue another opportunity.

Incyte [WILMINGTON, Del.] (NASDAQ: INCY) announced the appointment of Christiana Stamoulis as Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer, effective February 11, 2019. Ms. Stamoulis will succeed David Gryska who, as planned, retired from Incyte at the end of 2018. Stamoulis joins Incyte from Unum Therapeutics, where she was President and Chief Financial Officer. Prior to Unum, she was the Senior Vice President of Corporate Strategy and Business Development at Vertex Pharmaceuticals. Prior to joining Vertex, she spent nearly 15 years in the investment banking and management consulting industries. She was a Managing Director at Citigroup’s Investment Banking division and prior to that, she was a senior investment banker in the Healthcare Investment Banking Group at Goldman Sachs, where she spent the majority of her investment banking career. She started her career as a strategy consultant at The Boston Consulting Group. Ms. Stamoulis serves on the Board of Directors of Hologic Inc.

Dan Tucker

Southern Company [ATLANTA] (NYSE: SO) announced that Dan Tucker will succeed Beth Reese as executive vice president and chief financial officer at Southern Company Gas. Tucker most recently served as senior vice president of finance and treasurer for Southern Company. He has been with Southern Company for more than 20 years in various roles within the finance organization, including investor relations, financial planning and accounting. In 2012, he was named vice president of investor relations and financial planning.

ImmusanT, Inc. [CAMBRIDGE, Mass.] announced the appointment of Thomas A. Sheaas the company’s chief financial officer (CFO). Prior to joining ImmusanT, Mr. Shea served as CFO for a number of development stage companies, most notably Albireo Pharma, where he was integral in taking the company public via a reverse merger with Biodel in 2016; Tolerx, Inc. from 2005 to 2011; and Cubist Pharmaceuticals from 1993 to 2003.

Mellanox Technologies, Ltd. [SUNNYVALE, Calif. & YOKNEAM, Israel] (NASDAQ: MLNX) announced the appointment of Doug Ahrens as senior vice president and chief financial officer. Ahrens joins Mellanox from GlobalLogic, where he served as chief financial officer. Prior to that Mr. Ahrens served as chief financial officer of Applied Micro Circuits. His career demonstrates a strong track record of increasing financial managerial responsibilities at semiconductor companies including Maxim and Intel. He started his career as an environmental engineer at Chevron Corporation. Eric Johnson, who acted as Mellanox’s interim principal financial and accounting officer, will continue in his role as vice president and corporate controller.

Cortexyme [SOUTH SAN FRANCISCO, Calif.] announced that Chris Lowe is now the company’s Chief Financial Officer. Lowe’s 15+ years of senior management experience include experience as CFO, CBO, and CEO for private and public life sciences companies such as Asthmatx, Peninsula Pharmaceuticals, and Anthera Pharmaceuticals. In January 2014, Lowe became a partner at FLG Partners.

PRGX Global, Inc. [ATLANTA] (NASDAQ: PRGX) announced that it appointed Kurt Abkemeier as Chief Financial Officer, Treasurer and Controller. Peter Limeri, who has been serving as the interim Chief Financial Officer, Treasurer and Controller, will remain with the Company until the end of the month. Abkemeier joins PRGX from Fidelis Cybersecurity, Inc., where he served as Chief Financial Officer. Prior to Fidelis, Mr. Abkemeier served as Chief Financial Officer for Progress Software, Inc. Abkemeier previously held senior finance roles at a number of other publicly traded companies, including Inteliquent, Inc., where he was Chief Financial Officer, Cbeyond, Inc. and Airgate PCS, Inc. Mr. Abkemeier started his career at JP Morgan.

Marlin Business Services Corp. [MOUNT LAUREL, N.J.] (NASDAQ: MRLN) announced that it has named Michael R. Bogansky as Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer effective on February 1, 2019. Bogansky joins Marlin from PHH Corporation where he was most recently Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer. PHH was recently acquired by Ocwen Financial Corporation. Prior to that, he was Senior Vice President, Corporate Controller & Principal Accounting Officer of PHH. Before joining PHH in 2003, Mr. Bogansky was a Senior Audit Associate with Deloitte & Touche, LLP.

Lattice Semiconductor Corporation [PORTLAND, Ore.] (NASDAQ: LSCC) announced the appointment of Sherri Luther as the Company’s Chief Financial Officer. Prior to Lattice, Ms. Luther was Corporate Vice President of Finance at Coherent Inc. Prior to Coherent, Ms. Luther held a number of senior finance and accounting positions at companies including Quantum, Ultra Network Technologies and Arthur Andersen.

Paul Kosturos

BlueCrest [DANBURY, Conn.] announced the appointment of Paul Kosturos as Interim Chief Financial Officer. Kosturos will replace former BlueCrest CFO Ray Altieri, who retired at the end of 2018, as Interim CFO. Kosturos is a Senior Director with Alvarez & Marsal’s Private Equity Performance Improvement Group, LLC and brings more than 30 years of experience to the role.

TELA Bio®, Inc. [MALVERN, Pa.] announced that Nora Brennan has joined the company as chief financial officer. Prior to joining TELA Bio, Ms. Brennan served as the chief financial officer at Xeris Pharmaceuticals, Inc. Prior to Xeris, she was employed at Integra Lifesciences Corporation, where she held various senior leadership roles, including Senior Vice President, Investor Relations and Corporate Treasurer.

Susan Censoni

Fortis Energy Services, Inc. [TROY, MICH.] announced the promotion of Susan Censoni to Chief Financial Officer. Mrs. Censoni has over twenty years of experience in both the private sector and in public accounting and has served as the VP Finance since joining Fortis in March 2013. Prior to joining Fortis, she was a Senior Manager at KPMG LLP.

InnerWorkings, Inc. [CHICAGO] (NASDAQ: INWK) announced that Donald W. Pearson has been appointed Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer. Most recently, Pearson served as Chief Financial Officer of BWAY Corporation, before its sale to Stone Canyon Industries. Prior to BWAY, Mr. Pearson was Chief Financial Officer of AMCOL International Corporation and later Chief Financial Officer of Sparton Corporation. Mr. Pearson will replace interim Chief Financial Officer, Chip Hodgkins.

TILT Holdings Inc. [CAMBRIDGE, Mass.] (CSE: TILT, OTC: SVVTF) announced the appointment of David Caloia as Chief Financial Officer. Mr. Caloia joins TILT having spent the first 16 years of his career at GE in finance and operations. While there, he maintained leadership positions in finance across the globe, the last as the CFO of GE Industrial Solutions. Prior to joining TILT, David was the Senior Vice President, Financial Planning & Analysis of Beacon Health Options.

Diebold Nixdorf [NORTH CANTON, Ohio] (NYSE: DBD) announced that Jeffrey Rutherford, who recently joined the company as interim chief financial officer, will now fill that position on a permanent basis. Rutherford joined the company from Edgewater Technology. Prior to Edgewater, he held the chief financial officer position at a number of companies, including Ferro Corporation, Park-Ohio Holdings Corp, UAP Holding, LESCO and Office Max.

Unitil Corporation [HAMPTON, N.H.] (NYSE: UTL) announced the planned retirement of Mark H. Collin, Senior Vice President, Chief Financial Officer and Treasurer, effective May 1, 2019. Mr. Collin has served as Unitil’s corporate Treasurer since 1998 and has been the Chief Financial Officer since 2003. Unitil announced the hiring of Christine L. Vaughan as Senior Vice President, Financial and Regulatory Services, effective January 2, 2019, as Mr. Collin’s planned successor. As part of Unitil’s long term succession plan, Mr. Collin will formally step down as Chief Financial Officer and Treasurer on March 1, 2019, and will work with Ms. Vaughan in order to assure a smooth transition period prior to his retirement. Ms. Vaughan will assume the title of Senior Vice President, Chief Financial Officer and Treasurer of the Company on March 1, 2019. Ms. Vaughan most recently served as Vice President, Rates and Regulatory and Treasurer for Eversource Energy in Massachusetts, where she had been employed since 2004. Ms. Vaughan previously worked as a management consultant at Arthur D. Little and an engineer at DuPont and BASF.

REVA Medical, Inc. [SAN DIEGO] (ASX: RVA) announced the promotion of Leigh Elkolli to the position of Chief Financial Officer and Corporate Secretary. She will replace Brandi Roberts, who served as REVA’s Chief Financial Officer and Corporate Secretary since August 2017 until her resignation effective January 4, 2019. Ms. Elkolli joined REVA in August 2017 as Senior Director of Finance and Corporate Controller. Elkolli joined REVA from Avidity Biosciences, where she was Director of Finance. Ms. Elkolli started her career with Ernst & Young where she spent seven years in their assurance services practice serving public and private clients in the life science and technologies industries.

Bio-Rad Laboratories, Inc. [HERCULES, Calif.] (NYSE: BIO) announced that Christine A. Tsingoshas informed the company of her intention to retire as Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer effective April 30, 2019. Ms. Tsingos will remain in her current role through April 30 and will assist in the orderly transition to a successor.

Calyxt, Inc. [MINNEAPOLIS & ST. PAUL, Minn.] (NASDAQ: CLXT) announced the hiring of William F. (Bill) Koschak, as Chief Financial Officer of Calyxt, effective January 7, 2019. Mr. Koschak will be assuming the responsibilities of current interim CFO, Eric Dutang, who remains CFO of Cellectis, Calyxt’s parent company. Most recently, Koschak was Vice President, Finance for the Brain Therapies business unit of Medtronic and also served as Interim Vice President, General Manager, for one of the units of Brain Therapies for several months. Prior to Medtronic, Mr. Koschak also held executive positions at Young America Holdings, where he was CFO, General Mills, and KPMG LLP.

Lee Shapiro

Livongo Health [MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif.] announced that it named Lee Shapiro Chief Financial Officer. Shapiro, who has been on the Board of Livongo since its founding and served as Chair of its Audit Committee, will take his new role in February 2019. Shapiro currently serves on the Board and as member of the audit committee of Medidata Solutions and is the Chairman of the Audit Committee of Tivity Health. He previously served as President of Allscripts Healthcare Solutions from 2001-2012. Subsequently, he co-founded 7wireVentures. Shapiro is Managing Partner of the 7wireVentures Connected Consumer Fund and has served on the boards of many of its portfolio companies.

IGM Biosciences, Inc. [MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif.] announced the appointment of Misbah Tahir to the newly created position of Chief Financial Officer. Most recently, Mr. Tahir was Vice President, Head of Finance at Dermira, Inc. Prior to his role at Dermira, Mr. Tahir was Director, Head of Commercial Financial Planning and Analysis at Onyx Pharmaceuticals, Inc. Before that, he was Associate Director of Revenue at Human Genome Sciences, Inc. (HGS) and was Chair of the HGS-GlaxoSmithKline Joint Finance Committee. Prior to HGS, Mr. Tahir spent six years at Amgen, Inc. in finance and accounting management roles. He began his professional career at the global management consulting firm Oliver Wyman.

AAR [WOOD DALE, Ill.] (NYSE: AIR) announced that it has appointed Sean Gillen as Vice President and Chief Financial Officer. Mr. Gillen will succeed Michael Milligan. Gillen joins AAR from USG Corporation where he served as Vice President and Treasurer. Prior to USG, Mr. Gillen spent nine years in investment banking with Goldman Sachs in their Global Industrials Group.

Matinas BioPharma Holdings, Inc. [BEDMINSTER, N.J.] (NYSE AMER: MTNB) announced that it has appointed Keith A. Kucinski as Chief Financial Officer. Kucinski joins Matinas BioPharma having most recently served as Chief Financial Officer at RemedyOne. Prior to that, he served as Vice President & Treasurer at Par Pharmaceutical Companies, Inc., an operating company of Endo International plc. Additionally, Mr. Kucinski held various roles at Barr Pharmaceuticals, Inc., including Senior Director, Finance & Corporate Development and Assistant Treasurer & Senior Director, Finance.

Pliant Therapeutics, Inc. [SAN FRANCISCO] announced that Keith Cummings joined the company as chief financial officer. Dr. Cummings joins Pliant from Citigroup Global Markets where he served as a director in the Investment Banking Healthcare Group. Prior to Citigroup, he worked as an investment banker at Lehman Brothers and Barclays in New York.

Arcturus Therapeutics Ltd. [SAN DIEGO] (NASDAQ: ARCT) announced that the Company has appointed Andrew Sassine as Chief Financial Officer (CFO). Mr. Sassine has been serving as Arcturus’ Interim Chief Financial Officer since August 2018 and has served on the Company’s Board of Directors since May 2018. In addition to serving on the Arcturus board, Mr. Sassine serves on the boards of iCAD, Inc. and Gemphire Therapeutics . Previously, Mr. Sassine served in various positions at Fidelity Investments from 1999 to 2012, most recently as portfolio manager.